In a year and a few months, Foreign Minister Yair Lapid is expected to take over as prime minister, replacing Naftali Bennett, according to the rotation agreement between them that led to the formation of the 36th Israeli government sworn in last summer. Since then, voices have often been cast that cast doubt on the realization of the contract between the parties.
Recently, Lapid and Bennett agreed that if the agreement between them materializes, and Bennett vacates the prime minister’s chair in favor of the Yesh Atid party, the Iranian issue will be entrusted to him, in addition to the Interior Ministry, which was transferred to his party. Tonight (Monday) the political reporter of News 12, Amit Segal.
The report also states that although the Iranian issue has always been handled by the prime minister, the interior minister will be in charge of it and this should be another reason for Bennett to maintain the rotation: the promise of a kind of consolation prize. External interface with the world.
(Bennett in a statement after the series of serious attacks)